{"id":479,"date":"2013-01-31T18:46:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T18:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/?p=479"},"modified":"2013-02-01T16:24:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T16:24:59","slug":"worker-dies-in-tragic-asphalt-zipper-construction-site-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/worker-dies-in-tragic-asphalt-zipper-construction-site-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker Dies in Tragic Asphalt Zipper Construction Site Accident."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>An asphalt zipper is a large piece of machinery used to expedite the typically lengthy process of breaking up, shaping and compacting asphalt on a roadway. The machine is frequently used at road repair construction sites, but negligent use of the machine at a Saratoga Springs, New York construction site on November 27<sup>th<\/sup> left one construction worker dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9rCGPC6ML3w\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nicholaus Blatnick, 31, was killed instantly that Tuesday afternoon when he got caught in an asphalt zipper owned by Diamond S Co. construction company. The asphalt zipper was being used at the time to excavate a roadway.<\/p>\n<p>Workers shut off the machine immediately and called emergency crews, but Blatnick was declared dead at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Blatnick\u2019s employer, Diamond S Co., was repairing asphalt on top of a new gas line for Questar Gas. Questar personnel and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration were at the scene soon after the wrongful death accident, along with a crisis intervention team that worked with Blatnick\u2019s co-workers.<\/p>\n<p>Have you or a loved one sustained injuries in a construction site accident? Has a loved one died in a construction site accident? If so, please call our expert <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-construction-site-accidents.php\">Boston, MA construction site injury lawyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-information-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA personal injury lawyers<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\">Boston, MA wrongful death lawyers<\/a> right now at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong> or email us at <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-contact-gilbert-hoy-lawyers-attorneys.php\">info@gilhoylaw.com<\/a> to discuss the monetary compensation you deserve.<\/p>\n<p>Our Massachusetts construction site accident lawyers, <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-personal-injury-types-lawyers-attorneys.php\">Boston, MA accident injury attorneys<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\">Boston, Massachusetts wrongful death accident attorneys<\/a> are available <strong>24 hours a day, 7 days a week<\/strong>, at <strong>617-787-3700<\/strong>. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-construction-site-accidents.php\">Massachusetts job site accident attorneys<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/boston-personalinjury-lawyer.com\">Boston personal injury lawyers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gilhoylaw.com\/boston-massachusetts-wrongful-death.php\">Massachusetts wrongful death attorneys<\/a> offer a <strong>free, confidential consultation<\/strong> to discuss the nature of your construction site accident claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call 617-787-3700 today. Your needs are our top priority!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An asphalt zipper is a large piece of machinery used to expedite the typically lengthy process of breaking up, shaping and compacting asphalt on a roadway. The machine is frequently used at road repair construction sites, but negligent use of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/worker-dies-in-tragic-asphalt-zipper-construction-site-accident\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25,4,18,5,19,8,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":482,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bostonmawrongfuldeathlawyer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}